2015 College Football Thread is now closed

[Trey Bantz]

Can't even blame these kids for not wanting to play for our program. The whole thing is in shambles right now. I maintain hope that with Shalala leaving the next person in charge can clean house and steer this thing in the right direction.

 

[00david00]

2/5

The Utah boys are in

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[jus3]

Leggoooooo

 

[mr marcus]

Who's that old man in the middle? Looks like Gustavo

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Check cleared? Check cleared.

 

[Bobby Layne]

 
Per Rivals..

Stanford sources tell us senior defensive back Wayne Lyons of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. is in the process of working out a transfer to play at Michigan for his fifth year. Rivals.com's No. 107 player in the 2011 class could provide immediate help at cornerback. 

 

[herbshuttles15]

Who's that old man in the middle? Looks like Gustavo

not sure if serious

 

[jus3]

Check cleared? Check cleared.

 

[trueprada]

Rivals Top 250 Recruits by state:
Florida 38
California 34
Texas 32
Georgia 23
Virginia 13
Alabama 11
Ohio 10
Louisiana 10

 

[jpzx]

Chicago heads, Jamal Milan headed..?

 

[boogiexdown]

If SC pulls Marshall,Green and Houston tomorrow. Lord have mercy [emoji]9996[/emoji]️

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Biggie is telling people he thinks Mora is going to leave for NFL in next couple years. Just own up to your decision Biggie

 

[39478]

If SC pulls Marshall,Green and Houston tomorrow. Lord have mercy [emoji]9996[/emoji]️

Sark is still coach tho

 

[dacomeup]

2016 ATH Tyler Byrd flips from Florida to Miami. Hope the new staff will be able to keep most of the kids.

 

[steamin beamin]

Tough day for the Noles Minkah stays with Bama and Bell is put on Ice for now. In reality Lewis, Beckner, and Johnson is the best we are going to do of the non commits come NSD, but them EE though!

 

[mr marcus]

yall really gonna jinx Miami into having a 9-3 regular season.....watch 

 

[AZwildcats]

Arizona with the #7 ranked recruiting class ..........

In the Pac12

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Two years after signing with FSU, Davarez Bryant still waiting for answers from NCAA

Davarez Bryant hasn’t played a down of college football since leaving New Smyrna Beach.

There’s a reason the Davarez Bryant story seemed too good to be true.

It was.

In 2012, Bryant came out of nowhere to become a coveted recruit at New Smyrna Beach High School.

After a troubled childhood and just one year of organized football, his rapid rise culminated on National Signing Day in February 2013, when he put on a Florida State cap and declared himself a Seminole.

Today, there are no declarations about Bryant’s future.

He’s yet to play a down of college football, he considers himself homeless, and questions still linger about whether he’s eligible to play Division I athletics.

As troubling as it may sound, Bryant’s trek from signing-day stardom to obscurity is not unique.

Red flags

Bryant arrived at FSU with many of the measurables coaches covet: a 6-foot-4, 250-pound frame and 4.6 speed in the 40.

But after just four practices, he said an assistant coach woke him in the middle of the night in the athletic dorm and told him he had to leave.

Bryant’s scholarship paperwork had been red-flagged by the NCAA.

The NCAA was looking into the defensive end’s eligibility and the courses he took as a high school sophomore at AMIKids’ — a national alternative school with a Volusia County campus.

Bryant had two issues.

The NCAA didn’t recognize the AMIKids’ coursework.

And, the alternative school wasn’t able to produce hard copies of his actual work the NCAA had requested, AMIKids representative Jordan Meyer said.

Meyer, who is based in Tampa, called Bryant’s case an “isolated situation,” and said numerous athletes who’ve attended AMIKids programs have been approved for participation in NCAA Division I athletics.

He also said his organization worked with the NCAA for more than a year trying to clear Bryant.

After rejecting Bryant’s alternative school work, the NCAA declined to comment on his case.

But its website recently said Volusia’s AMIKids program is “under an extended evaluation period to determine if it meets the academic requirements for NCAA cleared status.”

Confusing matters more, the NCAA’s website also says AMIKids’ Compass Learning coursework — the program Meyer said Bryant took — now meets NCAA, non-traditional, core-course standards.

FSU also declined to comment on Bryant’s case.

Bryant — who said he was sent to AMIKids by the state for behavioral issues and truancy — says he doesn’t have an answer as to where he stands.

He believes he’s been cleared.

His former high school coach, Lance Jenkins, doesn’t think that’s the case.

Jenkins called the situation “a bureaucratic mess.”

“Why is this a two-year decision?” he said. “They’ve ruined the kid’s life.

“Davarez had his dream taken away from him. This kid was dumped on his entire life, and this was nothing he did wrong.”

Still waiting
Bryant arrived in New Smyrna Beach from Crestview, a small town in the Panhandle, with a tragic past.

He said his father, Michael Jerome Moore, was a drug dealer, who was killed by a gunshot on May 20, 2012.

Bryant’s mother, Olivia Bryant, said she was a former crack addict. And Bryant admits he was far from an angel.

“I was a smart kid that did bad things,” he said in October 2012. “But, I have turned it all around.”

Jenkins, now an assistant coach at Cocoa, said Bryant needed the structure the Seminoles’ program could have provided.

Since leaving FSU, Bryant spent a semester at Merced, a junior college in California, and is now back in Tallahassee, contemplating giving JUCO basketball a shot.

Getting back on the court isn’t his only priority.

After his mother picked him up at his dorm, Bryant said the two had a falling out after returning to Volusia County and are no longer speaking.

Since leaving his mom’s house, Bryant said he’s been bouncing from couch to couch in Tallahassee at friends’ apartments.

He doesn’t like to talk about being “homeless,” but said “I’m on the go — moving around,” when asked about his living arrangements.

Bryant’s demeanor is understandable, considering he’s just two years removed from what he called one of the best moments of his life — the day he told everyone he was going to be a Florida State Seminole.

Bryant’s former high school coach hasn’t forgotten National Signing Day 2013 nor the first time the athletic youngster trotted out on the practice field.

Jenkins still worries about what lies ahead.

“On the first day he came out for football, we said, ‘Davarez, what you do these next nine months are going to dictate what is going to happen to you for the rest of your life,” Jenkins said. “And the most frustrating thing for me is that kid sold out, bought in and did everything we asked him to do.”

 

[T0INE]

^ That sucks for that kid.

Hopefully the issue is resolve and he can start playing football.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Arizona with the #7 ranked recruiting class ..........

In the Pac12

No one is impressed with your Fiesta appearance.

 

[AZwildcats]

 

Arizona with the #7 ranked recruiting class ..........

In the Pac12

No one is impressed with your Fiesta appearance.

Neither was I. What bowl did yall play in?

 

[dacomeup]

Brian Bell not signing with FSU *applauds*

 

[rook]

Brian Bell not signing with FSU *applauds*

is he going somewhere else?

 

[39478]

Neither was I. What bowl did yall play in?

Were you guys arguing about something?

Lots to compete with in the Pac-12 in terms of recruiting, so I'm not surprised by Zona's current situation with their 'crootin right now.

 

[dacomeup]

Hopefully Sheffield sticks w/ Bama

How does that affect yall?

is he going somewhere else?

No idea, but most teams likely won't touch him now that he's named in this suit and FSU cut ties with him.